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Serious A3066 crash in Dorset on 18 December 2015 at 09:56 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on the A3066 in Dorset at 09:56 on Friday 18 December 2015. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 44-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 2015
Friday, 09:56
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81903, longitude -2.74954, in the DT8 postcode district. The location was in the former West Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015551600067
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3066
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2015551600067 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dorset road accident statistics for 2015.